A Voice in the Wilderness In Defense of "Mere Conservatism"

50 Ways To Leave Your Freedoms

National Review has done a great service by listing the Top 50 things wrong with the recent cap-and-trade legislation that our "distinguished" Representatives in the House passed last Friday. Take a look through this list and tell me where you see the seeds of economic growth and recovery being planted.

Oh, and keep in mind, this bill has been presented by Nancy Pelosi as being "all about jobs." I believe the woman means well, but is in fact delusional.

An excerpt:

Two main things to understand about Waxman-Markey: First, it will not reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, at least not at any point in the near future. The inclusion of carbon offsets, which can be manufactured out of thin air and political imagination, will eliminate most of the demands that the legislation puts on industry, though in doing so it will manage to drive up the prices consumers pay for every product that requires energy for its manufacture — which is to say, for everything.

Second, it represents a worse abuse of the public trust and purse than the stimulus and the bailouts put together. Waxman-Markey creates a permanent new regime in which environmental romanticism and corporate welfare are mixed together to form political poison. From comic bureaucratic power grabs (check out the section of the bill on candelabras) to the creation of new welfare programs for Democratic constituencies to, above all, massive giveaways for every financial, industrial, and political lobby imaginable, this bill would permanently deform American politics and economic life.

The House of Representatives, famously, did not read this bill before passing it, which is testament to either Nancy Pelosi’s managerial incompetency or her political wile, or possibly both. If you take the time to read the legislation, you’ll discover four major themes: special-interest giveaways, regulatory mandates unrelated to climate change, fanciful technological programs worthy of The Jetsons, and assorted left-wing wish fulfillment.

PLEASE read the rest of the list here!!!